Romans 12:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ ἀγάπη ἀνυπόκριτος. Ἀποστυγοῦντες τὸ πονηρόν· κολλώμενοι τῷ ἀγαθῷ.

Transliteration

The agapē anypokritos. Apostygountes the ponēron; kollōmenoi to the agathō.

Grammar Details

• *agapē*: nominative, feminine, singular - love
• *anypokritos*: nominative, feminine, singular - unhypocritical/sincere
• *apostygountes*: present active participle, nominative, plural - abhorring/detesting
• *ponēron*: accusative, neuter, singular - evil
• *kollōmenoi*: present middle participle, nominative, plural - clinging/adhering
• *agathō*: dative, neuter, singular - to good

Word Meanings

• *agapē*: love/divine love/benevolence
• *anypokritos*: unhypocritical/sincere/genuine/without pretense
• *apostygountes*: abhorring/detesting/hating intensely
• *ponēron*: evil/wickedness/bad
• *kollōmenoi*: clinging/adhering/joining/being joined to
• *agathō*: good/beneficial/useful

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
• Ps 34:14 : 14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
• Ps 97:10 : 10 You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.
• Ps 101:3 : 3 I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.
• Amos 5:15 : 15 Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
• 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
• Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
• 1 John 3:18-20 : 18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith. 19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him, 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
• 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss. 10 But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.
• 1 Pet 3:10-11 : 10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit: 11 And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.
• Heb 1:9 : 9 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
• Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food, 16 And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
• 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
• 1 Thess 2:3 : 3 For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:
• 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.
• 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
• Matt 26:49 : 49 And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master! and gave him a kiss.
• John 12:6 : 6 (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
• Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
• Ps 119:104 : 104 Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.
• Ps 119:163 : 163 I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.
• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
• Prov 26:25 : 25 When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:
• Ps 36:4 : 4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
• Ps 45:7 : 7 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.
• Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.